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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03


President Cleveland announces that
be IL tired Of receiving delegations
which come 20 invite him 10 visit
various cities on bis coming Western
trip and that he viii receive no more Of
tAam. The weather h hot, be aaya, and
he does not want TO be kept hanging
Afoand the White House all the time
SAitinR for delegations With hand
somely boana Invitations which neither
be nor anybody else will ever read. he
sagRests that al invitations be sent by
mail, when, e. course, Daniel L<mont
wiu have the pleasure Of hlina them
avay IN the archives which are nsyoE
disturbed. ThsFe Is one kind Of deleEa
ton. however. 10 which Mr., Cleveland
aekes no objection Indeed. there is a
RenszRl suspicion thai be has foadness
for thea and Il Is certain THAI be Is
reaching sSoaHd 20 get hold Of thsm.
altheaeh they vii nos be Fips until next
JuAe. These are the deieGations 10 the
eoming Democratic National Convsn-
alec. HoweveE bot the weather may he.
az hoSsycF tired The President may b.
be vii slvaYs be wiling 10 FecsiVe sush
dsleEaiions, sEsa a. she Fisk Of hanging
arOani ne white aosss fos the nsxf
fOaF years. Il is generally un1essteoS
that bis Western trip Wiu b taken IN
search q sseh aeisc&sisas and shat b
Wlii bs bitterly disappointed Il they Do
nos ApPsAF. Il Is remarkable that a
saan shoala hare saeh violent feed
ness fos one Kind Of deleragions and
sash = vio,sns antipatsy % shs othsr.
Sseh Gee asssiastiOas sTs esi agVte
slated BY the eemmoa pohlis.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03
AUGUST W

be had obtasned 9 moses es3eE. lis
hgoskGf,a taxa vent desinq1enfs and
B&gscn supppsed that HiA ha1 uizAe-
pE0pEiaAed tbs urcey, and apDeareo
mash worried about IL
z0T Scot.
Tbs Twelve year cid son Of John
h11tfnRton Was found IytsQ IN the IN
ekEtfask In tae south part OF tie
city today. BE had hesn shof IN
Ne ab1omsa- DE-. Bostsick wss sun
mons6 and found that The ballsl bad
lodged n TIE back iusf above TIE hip
bone Hs vas found b. A. IL. Sargent
VITO vas driving butcher wagons ard
Who noticed at the time thas Q revolver
vas Igina At his side. when be retnrn-
ed With assistance the pistol was gone.
The bay said be had thrown & away
How he shooting occurred b ssill some
thing Of mystery. TIE physician says
thai the shot may prove fatal. The
boy's father isa contractor, and is away
In Portland e present.
TAcoHA, ADR. 2, 1857.
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lieans 20 oseanizs shs Hoaas uoai1 Be
notking mere oE Ie@ than he foRmAi
secession of sse hizh taria Dsmoarzts
from theis party. KaHdalFs followers
aEs not wiliiza 10 80 70 sash lerRthss
and they have no idss of doing 50
Many Of thez are soathsrn nsmbsrss
aud souihsEn DsuocFsts are paztiaans
REGARDLESS o. orfnfgn- Ths Randall
men we're badly frssssd b osrlisls dur
ing the last session. bat u would lake
aomashfne nsosa than bed srsatmsnt 70
drive thsm ouf Of the Demoeratlc party.
A Democrat "a usually Democrat foT
kssps, and be wtIl follow his party n
aay course that Il may pursue- u
course there are sxcspsions. bet he Or
dfnagy Democrat voaid aid and aoes
any fniq1ity fos tbs ska Of his party.
II Il mach more likely that the pro-
testiou Demoosats viii Be- found voting
With their free-arade fellows for . rs-
duesion Of sha taria, than that they vii
be found voting against the eaucns car
didaies for officers Of tie House.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03
AN ABUSED snERIFF.

sheriff Watson. Of Chicago, is jast
now The object Of she most savage cEiti.
eisms. The Chicago newspapers are st.
taoking him feFoolously. ana, II be has
auy fTie nds. they are not making them
selves heard At this ianeture. His
troubles elf aries from the escape Of
BoodlsF Mc0AFigle, who was in the
BheFiffs custody when he took such IN
seFem0nious leave Of Chicago. No
BODY Aesuses tie sheriff Of being 40.
ssssoEy 10 The escape Of the criminal,
bas everybody holds him responsible
ees IL II wiii ha rsmambarad thai he
tosk MeGarigle 10 his residence, allowed
him 10 80 into bathroom, and "a.
qaletly Ia the paflOr while bis prisoner
oE4vled ont Of q window and disap-
psared into the night. Everybody
seems Inclined to think that this lamb
like sonfidsnes in his prisoner was en-.
tirely too fresh for q Chicago Sheriff,
aud one irate citizen who expresses his
feelings through She columns OF the
Tribune calls upon Matson TO resign at
once. As the Office Of Sheriff Of Cock
County is worth good many thousands
q year, however, Il Is not at ell likely
that Mr.. Nassen's oontEition Is Of 50
serious q nature that be will feel called
upon 10 accept this advice. II Is Rener-
ally agreed, however, thai his political
career is practically ended. and that he
will be compelled 10 return TO private
life al the end Of his present term. he
can redeem bis ofielal reputati on in
Only one way, AID that ia by FeoaptuF-
ine the escaped boOdler. AZ Mc6ariRle
is already In Canada, however, this is q
practical impOasibllity, and sheriff Mat
son may prepare TO step down aud ont
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03

Newspapers are seldom called upon
to ehrOuicle more pitiful story than
thAt Of Charles II. Rsed, Who 10 knovn
to fame principally a. one Of the law
psrs Who defended Guitssu, the nug-
dsrsr Of President Garfield. It 10 eniy
Iislle more THAI Ave years since The
trial Of the assassin, yet in thst time
Reed has descended from the high po-
aition which be held, through all the
strata Of vics and degradation, until be
stands at the very bottom, q wretched
being Who exists merely because bis St
tempt at self destruction was failure.
Il will be remembered that Reed vas
not associated 10 the defense Of Guiieaa
vhen bic trial began. He vas induced 70
enter She case during the progress Of the
trial, and IL was generally suspected that
il vas his desire for notorieay that led
him TO take up the cause Of the assassin.
He went from Chicago 10 Washington
TO take charge Of the case, and il can
not be denied that be secured all the
notoriety that be could possibly have
desired. de vas everywhere described
a. she most able criminal lawyer ct the
Chicago bar and as 9 man Of rare leara-
ing and eloquanee. His mastery hand
ling Of Guitean's desperate case con-
vIpeed the public that bis powers had
not been over estimated and thai he
vas brilliant and able man.
After the brief prominence which the
Guiteau case gave him had passed
away, the general prblie lost sight Of
Reed for time. Then tAere began to
appear In the newspapers stories 10 the
eject that be was drinking too much
and that be had begun to lose his pfac-
tloe. The next heard Of him was thai
he had removed 10 New York. Then
came q long period OF obscurity, and
now comes the last story concerning
him. He is dragged from the river into
which he had throWn himself with the
intention of committing suicide and
the public Is further informed that Ii
has lost ell OF his practice, that be is in
abjsct want, and that only the day be.
fore bis attempted suicide be had beer
arrested for robbinR the money drawer
Of q saloon. In fact, be was dissin-
Ruished from the thousands Of othei
wretohed wrecks of humanity by whom
he was saFsonndsd only ny tina fan
that he was associated in the defense Of
Gaiteau. Nov be IL said 10 be insane
and be will probably drag out the re
naming days Of his wretohsd life IL
"a asylum. A more effective temper
anoe sermon than the simple story Of
this man's life 10 would be hard Il
ind.
1t almost seems as II an avepging fat
pursued all who befriended th'
vrelehed murderer of GARFIELD. Tht
path Of bis sister. Mrs. SooviIle, and
her husband led through the divorce
oouFt. and for 81 least one OF them Il
The asylum. And nov Reed. the bright
talented and successful lawyer whs
gave bic talents 10 the assassin for th,
sake Of the notoriely which the east
gave him, reappeaFs among the ver'
dreRs Of New oFk as a miserable
drunken thief and outeast, whose only
desire is 10 end She life which be has &C
misused. Il is at least 4 strange CO.
incidence that all Of these should follov
the same path Of sorrow.
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az VIA yer "a ReAn


"A psazslasni RsnnsylTAaia psme-
srAa," - described thai eEeryhaIy wtil
81 ouce ssgEoss him 20 b ss@asl J
Randall. has bsss tAgkins b = reporter
az he Washington scar. he declares
that ne neat Hsass q Representatives
eli b sEx4nissd On tars and not en
garry iinsss thAa is 10 say that ghs Dsa
osFAts uho are pgotsosionisis wilf re-
fass 10 - lets saasas wtaa their FREQ
trads felt0ws and vii sombass vith
60 Repaeiisas raiRsrisy 70 slsst 81
ears she helisse IN tae prsisssion 81
AuefssAa lasss. waesheF TIE 'pssaai-
ssss PseasyssAzia psEoerKf vha talks
b. ksn1Aii o. ssmshoSiy sisa, Il is nsg
Al az hksly tAss lhs psoEs4mne wAisA
be eaalfnes wiii be eaFEaea sai, a. thas
aAy etta> ual BE- made - a4FrY IL
sal
Sssh : easzhiaAAisa Via ths Ksesh
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an rNCEIIENT MEDICISF

~AY wife and nyaelf wsEe 90 bad
health feg sause dfiessn years. ehAnced
90 b. tccking ever one Of Simmons
E.ivsr kssElaaer AlEuAnAcs ard Eaw A.
Il. sieysnf and Bsshop Pisross's rames
% tessiDouAAlS ! tosu CHAINED sscae
af tks kegaiAtoF. and c4h hesgtiiv
rsoouuend The Liver Regulates 70 nv
fFieuds - a. sxssiisst meaiciua~
EE HAkksssx ~ l. .Gsar5ausyiiIe. Va.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03

ea0 inVsssed wisA q. Q. faESsHT 4
Go. 10 bsefk ffanltRz "a ~wocals q /
Para ard AvsssssH NiA yael1 a l4rs~f
rzuGi ln twe years tsAH anF ether u
eaaarwestt n the Nasst - anAFun
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03
AIcSE AND TxSAxR.

Yesterday AffsEooau DR.. Arnstrous
xAs called TO Aaary's Island 70 attend
q man named Abraham Dawson, sur
posed 10 BE- q erseated. The sufferer IL
8 single man Aboat % years Of are, and
lives ell alone 10 cabin on the eastern
shore OF tue isiAnd. where be has clear a
Aboat two acres ef land. on which te
raises rsost Of The EeesssAfies q life.
BE has lived on the Island for sboot
two years. and dagiaz tie winter rus
10 his tine hgatin9 eteF, IS Which bus.-
ness he - coaslderea Esosk prodcient.
thereby Winning w estsen and good
wiii Of all tEe islanders. whom be has
kspt sappliea with ms&A Dsvaon ewns
Aooal so acres % Land on tie island.
bus has never done anything IL The wAy
81 improving e. sxeeptirg his garden
81 abo1i tE0 ESres. Unta Il Is known
tkat his reyeSsFy % Rsfssn IL suhisct
% dsaat, be will be kept Al be hons.
A fsU DAYS AEo be vas N thia city ard
tad frtsnd thai he wanted % raise q
few doliax1 70 20 eFef % SEATTLE and pAy
pay kts 6eiiEQ1eEt taxes With, shaf bis
broassF living IN TIE Exst. Who owned
pEopsFay 90 the iSiAH5. had sect hiEa
money - pay taxes eth. whirh ka lad
ssGt - fgeAssrsF Atll. an4 faE whlrh
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03

Up to a few weeks ago l considered
myself the champion Dyspeptic of
America. During the years / have
been afflicted / have tried almost
everything claimed to be a specific
for Dyspepsia in the hope of finding
something that would afford perma-
nent relief / had about made up
my mind to abandon all medicines
when | noticed an endorsement of
Simmons Liver Regulator by prom
inent Georgian, a jurist whom knew
and concluded to try its effects in my
case. / have used but two bottles,
and am satisfied that I have struck
the right thing at last. felt Its ben
eficiRl effects almost Immediately.
Unlike all other preparations Of
similar kind, no special instructions
are required as to what one shall or
shall not eat. This fact alone ought
TO commend it to all troubled with
Dyspepsia. j. n. HOLMES,
Vineland, n. ].
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WAgTs-ToLET-FoRsALE-E

Observation-Disclosures
WAxIKD-A PRACTICAL FAKMxR. oNk
w VITO shazonEhly u1dErAtznda BanaKiEE
. sErm wfa par good wAsos- ApPay 70 :. 2.
SMITH. Lewala VT aa2 e.
uTANTED-A Position As O0ACEMAN
wv q asy othar sfaasy poElxl1n. ~ = shor-
0uEhly eaEpeesst UAn- For particulars a.
ply q th1s 0tzee- srs s.
VUkETR-A GOOD PLAxER-MAS M
w Dsdazfssy. Apply e P. A. RAGLSoN.
Es0R REET-SEwLl FCRSIsHKD FRONT
Il recR, wttA Airoys and to closets. Eishtk
street. erzt kouss frum Unton. i3H 81
N as. n. q. TMANER Is AGENT FOB
W Dr.. ThaehsRss Magnstfe saGel&s,
ghieh care ar help III diseases. Cali At e9rner
see1nd and UaiOa strosts. Consultation and
eifcalara fra 3y3l In
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03

Engsged on this problem Of utilizing,
storing and distributing electricity.
The question Of good and chesp con-
ductor IL nov the most absorbing.
Copper wire, the enc most 10 uzs, is
considered too costly. | isok forward
10 the time, however. when cur neigh
boring Vater falls will be utilized as the
hFst power TO generste electricity that
viii Be distributed all over the Soand
country, supplying motive power to all
Who carry on manufacturing hasiuess.
John p. JadsoB, IS esanssi for karish
Il. Gallagher, has nled 8 motion for a
new trial IN the case Of II. +. Caldwell
~. Ties. Carroll et al, Ia which the
tisis Of the VotAw Additio8 20 TsoouA
Is in aispute. He assigns a. his reason
that the coart erred IN findings OF fact
as 10 the defendant abandoning tie
claim. etc.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
kR. AND MRS. {. ]. CASTLE,
Science HeaIefs and
Teachers,

.GAx BE CONSULTED ANY TINE BE.
" tzeen . q. m. and Q p M, at their resi-.
dence On second streeG, between Madison and
sprins- Terms ON application. CONSERVATION
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-03
NOTICE.

A Ii PARTIES HAVING RELATIVES OR
n friends buried In what u known a. the
CID graveyard in Port Townsend, are notified 10
remove the bsdiea o. the same within ninety
dayA wv. PKTTYGROvE. ia
Port ToRnaend. AnRakt L 1851. ArSa
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'enth and jackson streets. $500
Lot 5. b S Tsrrx's lss, hoUss and Ina
L. Ios 81 e asd IL. h II McAiser'S. sSs and
srThe 4bsst lots IN b 81 Moss ed. so each
Cleared lots In Bigelow's I'd. SIS and -.
III 20 Maynaxdis Lake W ashtngton. 80.
sIsots aud 8, hi 90 Terry's 3. NSto0
Cleared lots. b LawieFss ~.
IIufs and q b q YeaieF's lst. SIS
A bargain. Furnished restaurant good
81 acre ranch. 80 prune sress. 6 miles
y Fu 11s restaurants. sz75 and ASA
City hotel 5000. Steam laundry. Sa-
loon and lodging house. Vacant govern
ment claims. pat bottom land. so. In
proved ranches. $50 to 5000
Mortgages on solid property, Sloo 70
s100o City and county scrip. r.
New end secondhand safes.
Complete boarding and lodging Id
ho1sa IS rooms, On Commercial AmaAw
''les'' s'-~ WAITED.
To loan $50 and $500 on good security.
HOUSES 70 rent. Money fer Investment
Women and girls at SIS % So
FOR RENT.
Fruit and vegetable garden, near town:
improved farm. II scrss cultivated. $50
fruit trees small fruit and farming tools
$50 year.
Business Offices andstores.
! 50 acre ranch. 6 miles from town. good
Houses and rooms furnished and unfur-
CRANE & DICKEY.
Wash. Ter, Employment Bureau. near
cor. Commercial and Washington streets,
oo~eeAo-
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DAILY AVN WEEKLY.
70 clTY srmcKTsERs.

Psblishsd IL ths Pas Bail8lng. on Nh
sresa. Seattle. Wash Ter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-22
AN AWFUL ACCIDENT.
An Excursion Train Plunges Into an
Oil Train.

Nineteen Lives Lost---Over 40 Injured.
\ terrible accident occurred at the cross
ing of the Grand Trunk and the Michigan
Central railways in 81. Thomas, Ont.
about O'Clock on the evening of July 10
An excur sion train on the Grand Trunk
from Port Stanley ran into a passing
freight train on the Michigan Central.
made up of a number of cars laden with
oil. The engine crashed into one of these
cars, when the oil instantly took fire and
burned with great tierceness, cOmmun
eating 10 the cars on both trains and ex-
tending 10 trims warehouse, coal and
lime sheds adjoining the track on the west
ana John Campbells dwelling on the east
all OF which were burned TO the ground
with their contents. Engineer DOnnelly
OF the excursion train was burned in the
wreck His fireman jumped and escaped
with slight In iurles. The forward car of
the excursion train was filled with pass
engers, who made frantic efforts TO escape,
but Notwithstanding hundreds OF brave
and willing hands were Immediately at
work TO assist in their rescue, ~ lives
have been lost and the victims burned be-
yond recognition before their bodies could
toe got ont OF the wreck.
At o clock when thousands of people
were crOwding around the burning pile,
one OF the oil tanks on the cars suddenly
exploded, throwing hundreds TO the ground
with great force and scattering fire IN all
directions, and severely, perhaps fatally,
burning many. In about an hour nine
bodies had been taken out. They were
burned TO a crisp
1t is almost impossible TO ascertain with
any certainty the names Of those lost in
the wreck. There are many conflicting
rumors. but il seems almost certain that
Engineer H. Donnelly; Mr.. Xealand, clerk
in j. a W. marlborough 5 dry goods
store, and child, and the wife and child of
James Smithers, dry goods merchant of
~. Thomas, were burned to death
Gangs of men under the direction of
Supt Morford and Assistant Supt. Moore
head OF the Michigan Central road. and j.
Stewart agent for the Grand Trunk rail
way, at once removed the debris and the
track was cleared by daylight. All the
telegraph wires we're destroyed and eve
raj poles were burned, thus interrupting
20, N faa
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-22
THE STATE.
Four Persons DrOwned.

At about 30 o'clock ON the night of the
10th, Jacob Bau mann, Christopher Mich
lous and wife aud Jacob Roller, all of
Hamtramck, suburb OF Detroit, and en-
ployes of Philip n ing a Co.'s Peninsular
brewery, started out for "A pleasure trip
on the river. They went TO Herman
Schmidts boat house at the foot OF From
tenac avenue and rented large row boat
The party went TO La Boeufls wine house
ON the Canadian side, opposite the middle
of Belle Isle. They landed there and ate
the lunch which Mrs. NichIous carried
along i'm market basket
About II O'Clock the party started TO re-
turn. The steamer City of Mackinac had
in the meantime started out on her regu-
lar trip for Mackinac Island When she
reached the foot of the island her port
wheel suddenly crashed upon an object,
and "A few minutes later the crew of the
steamer picked up piece of a boat about
six feet long painted green, with red strip
and the figure 49, in red. No trace OF the
four merry. makers could be found by thu
officers of the City of Mackinaw, and there
Is no doubt hut that the frail boat was
crushed by the wheel Of the steamer and
the unfortunate pleasure seekers drawn
beneath the surface by the suction of the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-22
Knotty Questions for LAWYERS.

Sergeant Clark shot Private Albert
Stone at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, while
the latter was trying 10 escape. Stone
died the next day. Immediately after the
shooting Levi I. Griffin became interested
IN the matter, and thinking IL posslb Y "a
case of murder consulted with United
States District Attorney Black. IL was
thought at first that there was no law
ustif, ing an arrest, but one was found.
Complaint was accordingly entered
against Clark charging him with feloni-
ously, wilfully and of malice aforethought
shooting Stone, INJECTING "A mortal wound.
The question at issue is whether the mill
tary courts have jurisdiction of the of
Tense AMI many interesting law points
VIII Toe raised. The opinion seems TO pre-
vail that IN time of peace civil Jaw ranks
aria law, aud that a court martial can
not try for murder, and therefore Clark Is
subject 10 civil law.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-22

Cu'toms officers along the northern
frontier have been Informed that large
quantities of opium shipped from ictoria,
b. C., by way of the Canadian Pacific rail
read are being smuggled into the United
States over the the northern frontier, and
ordered TO observe great vigilance in tho
examination Of packages of merchandise
from Victoria with view TO the direction
and seizure of any opium which they may
contain
Alex. Dryer met terrible death at the
Morgantown mine of the Susquehanna
coal company, near Nanticoke, Pa While
ascending the shaft the engineer in charge
neglected TO stop at the surface landing
and the carriage went swiftly up to the
top Of the breaker about forty feet above
ground, with such force as to crush Dwy-
er's body into a mangled mass of flesh and
bones The man leaves a widow and eight
children.
Dr. McGlynn has been formally notified
OF his communication. The pope con
versing with the American archbi shop
said: DIR. McGlynn lost his best opportu-
nifty by not coming TO Rome while Cardi-
nal Gibbons was here. He would have
seen that the church, by not condemning
the knights OF labor, was a supporter OF
the many against the feudal syst TEN.
whether the feudality was represented 10y
slavery, territorial right or modern cap
ital.n
While Mrs John A. Logan in compa ny
with Mrs. Henry Campbell, were out rid
ing in Carbondale, ILL.,, the other day the
horse they were driving became frigh tened
and backed down an embankment. Mrs
Logan in attempting to jump out caught
her foot in vince and was thrown under
the horses feet sustaining severe scalp
wound and her left arm and side were
badly bruised. surgeon was immedi-
ately called. who pronounced the wound
quite serious but not necessarily dan
gerous.
Fire broke out in the Otto colliery about
seven miles from Pottsville, Pa, the other
morning, and before the fire was under
control damage to the amount of 100000
had been done. Eddie Ferguson son of
the outside boss the lad who first discov-
cred the fire, met an awful death at the
scene. He had brought his fathers
dinner to him ana in crossing the
floor of the engine room the charred
boards gave way and the boy was y reciu
tated into the burning nine The recOy-
cry or his body was impossible.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-22
Tragedy i'm a Cemetery.

Harriet Terry of Mount Pleasant, Tenn,
was buried on the afternoon of the 10Th
inst. As the friends were leaving the
cemetery a severe thunder and rain storm
came up. A party of nine took shelte,
under large oak tree standing in the
cemetery, which was struck by lightning.
killing them all instantly Three others
who were sheltered under tree close by
saw the party of nine killed, but were un-
hurt themselves. They fell in heap and
seemed to die without struggle. After
the coroner's inquest the bodies were
taken in charge by relatives and friends
The most intense excitement prev allied,
and the wailng and mourning of the
colored people was hesrtrending. The
unfortunate victims were highly respect
ed and their deaths are deeply mournsd.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-22
Iowa Prohibitionists.

Iowa prohibitionists have placed the
following state ticket in nomination: For
Governor, y. G.. Farnham of Plymouth
county; for acknowledgements W. C..
Caldwell of Harrison county; for superin
tendent ofpublic instruction, Prof. stephen
n. Fellows of Iowa City; for judge OF SUI
preme court, Judge Charles II Lewis of
Woodbury. county. The platform declares
for separate political action in dealing
with the liquor traffic; fevors n reduction
Of passenger rates to , cents mile; favors
the establishment OF postal savings banks
declares that the public lands should BE-
reserved for actual settlement; favors
woman suffrage, insist, upon the enforce
ment in all schools of n law providing for
teaching the effects OF alcoholic liquors
upon the hum n system. and advocates
further amendment of the present prohi-
bitory law to make its enforcement more
stringent